ORIGINAL: m.t.hands

C. i have not seen any repos that look very good[:@], especially the mouth and gills[:@], that being said i have only kept 4 bass in last 20years, i have a 6.25 smallie mounted, a 7,8, and one over 9 largemouth, so if i catch a 10 pounder it will be mounted, but if i caught a 12-15 pounder that would be mounted and i would not mount another till that mark was eclipsed, in other words it would have to be better than anything else i have caught/mounted pretty much the same as i treat bucks, but i will still shoot 115" and up deer with my bow, rifle it better be a good one, otherwise i'll eat crappie, jacks, bream, bluegill, catfish, speckled trout(sea), redfish, grouper, sewer trout (talapia),and does[:-]

ORIGINAL: JFergus7

Austin- you are right about Largemouth. Wisconsin record is 11.3lbs. Good luck beating that record but I hope you do it!!! The state record has stood since 1940.

Lake Fork Taxidermy does AWESOME replicas.

ORIGINAL: Chuck7

You catch your first 10 pound Largemouth bass.
You..
A. Take a picture and release it.
B. Get a fiberglass mount and release it.
C. You get it mounted
D. You eat it.

ORIGINAL: coorsdrifter1

bass it's whats for "bait"

ORIGINAL: huntndemducks

10 pounder deffinently have to mount that BUT anything under that i don't think so.........one person keeping 1 bass does not hurt the future of fishing at all....BUT.....the people that go out and keep EVERY single fish they catch that the ones you gotta watch

ORIGINAL: indianahunter83

Depends on what size body of water you fish in. Take a 10lber out of a farm pond and you just set back that pond a few years in terms of spawning. Take one out of a big reservoir and you won't see as big of difference however if everyone in said reservoir kept their big bass you would see a decline in the fishery.

ORIGINAL: m.t.hands

do they have a web site, i would not be closed minded, but if i caught that fish of a lifetime this afternoon it would be a real skin mount, like i mentioned the mouth and gill areas i have looked at have been done rather poorly, for me it would be like putting a set of polished porcelin antlers on a deer mount[:'(], but between now and when i do fianally eclipse the double digits maybe i'll run across something i like... i have turned a bunch back that i'm sure other people would have mounted or eaten[:-][:@], and i would not feel bad doing a skin mount knowing it may be my last fish to mount, i will/would honor another persons wish if i were fishing out of their boat or as a guest and the prefer not to remove the fish, then i would probably just go the replica route, and all or most of the tournaments i fish are strictly C&R, but fun fishing at this point its on the wall (sorry)[&o]and i will keep checking out repo's